Printing device.



'J- WHITAKER. PRINTING DEVICE. APPLICAUON FILED NOV. 20, I9I5.

Patented Oct. 8, 1918. b SHEEIS-SHEET I & P

J. WHITAKER. PRINTING DEVICE. APPLICATION min NOV. 20. I915.

Patented Oct. 8, 1918;

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PRINTING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 20. IBIS. 1,280,921.; Pateriteii Oct. 8,1918

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J. WHITAKER.

' PRINTING DEVICE. MPLICATIDN FILED NOLZO, 1M5.

Patented Oct. 8, 1918.

" I spe m iuw n u m PatentedO'ctS, 1918.:

li uc'mon ma me ber 20, 1915, Scrinl No. 62,535;

ma concern..- a v, limb LvJotlN lvlil'lf'liKElg, a "he Unitd States, and an sigle p ales, Montgomery county, .Egnn; aw inv-Gntad :ficntaih Improve fiingDcv-ices ofwhich the fol: r, "specification. w -invnti0nmelates to printing clcvices of i bf'er' mployed fol prinling. upon To "($56M it to provicIc'n-ma In the structure ill 55 2, I provide a casing ush'ntml in igs. 1 and 1, :1 portion of which is set, diagonally with respectto a base 2 andab longitudinal line's u'suu'lly J k n-int ed" Disposed withi t tla lly verti al ldli i'ess'lon'; $u'ch cylin'gler adapted to coach with a relatively check oi other paper.-

gucli .an anglc \vith ,icspcct to? tlie line r v a ross-n0 the lsame vith rjesp-eclsjqyt hc position "f t 1 chgpkfmm and upon hich tlichfpu ye name and -tlie amount 'Offtlie clic'ckfl usually ,written.

irum ncylinder 3 fixediji .platen L 5. suitably mounted, and; preferably adjustable beneath the ha se onbcd plutifl, forlregistuy with uny one" oflthc printingl 1'75 j'Jyp'ey;lines of sziid cylindez TlififiM ili; ,drum or cylinder is no1 'm al1y;in;thc gained. I

xpos itionso tllfat a qheclymu y be reudlly ii sorted upon the releasc oft-ho mech nigm, aml the c'ylindgp,huv r position-for the, printing of th dcgiret l item or amount upon thecheck 01''; other paper,

the' depression of a handle, 6-connectdl to tact; with the check so t hab thc line directly; 85 above the; platen nay Imprinted .upon such H The, qprin tung cylinder is mounted upon a shixibi muspindle' 7 ,jwhicli'zis' jgurnaled in 'hubs 8 vertically movable in slq'ps il formed in th"b0.

side walls of the casi 'gl; saidhubs halving I "upwardlyvprojeclingl arms 10 ,m which are u tell links 151; theppposite jgnd s qiluid m? a i mgpivotailly nounted upon a r011 12 aubpfslghe pnint a p do!" is mov when lowezred into am from the printing positlon.

In order that. excess ink may be cleand from the type face at the printing point just prior to the printing operation, the hubs 8 are provided with arms 17 which are connected to a cross piece 18 extending along the peripheral face of the printing drum and carryin on itsinner or upper surface bristles 19 orming a brush adapted to engage the face of the type; such brush being automatically moved away' from the printing position when th printing drum is lowered, as shown in Fig. 3.

,The form of machine shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, is what may be termed a one hand machine that is to say, the setting of the printing drum or cylinder into proper position as well as the lowering of such cylinder to the printing position may be accomplished by one hand. The printing cylinder is held when set by a linger 20 in substantially the same manner as the cylinder illustrated in my pending application for patent, Serial No. 142,430, filed Jan. 15, 1917, is held, and to this end of the cylinder at setting disk or wheel 21 is secured; the items representing the amounts which may be printed by the drum being disposed diagonally on the perlpheral face of the same so as to read in line with the check, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. r

The printing drum 3 may be set by operating this wheel 21 by hand to the desired printing position, but means for operatingthe printing drum independently of the wheel 21 may be employed, 'to wit: a train of gear wheels 22, 23 and 24, internally mounted in the arm 15of the handle 6 and soarranged that the cylinder may betnrned to the desired printing position by rotating the handle 6;- said arm and handle being also free-for vertical movement to lower said cylinder and effect the desired printing upon the check -or other paper. When the printing cylinder is lowered it is guided and held against disarrangement by a lug 25 on the wall of thecasing engaging one of thenotches or grooves 26 formed in the end of i 'the printing cylinder.

An suitable feeding means for the cheek mayv be employed, and in the drawings I have shown a simple f orm.of device involving an actuating wheel 30hiwin its eng ing surface substantially flash wlth' the be plate of the machine and eotiperating with a spring-pressed wheel '31 disposed above said bed-plate and engagin Q the wheel 30 to move in unison therewith an car -y the check along. The wheel 30 is mounts .on a shaft 32 having a ratchet wheel 33 operated by a 35. This lever is.conn ect ed by almk 86 to an arm 37'projecting from the carrier 18 for the brush 10 and s0 arranged that the extent of lifting movement thereof will be stiflicient to move the check one unit (if space each time the printing drum is restored to nally applied thereto. chine is a little more'compact than the maits normal position. The wheel 31 may be lifted for the purpose of positioning acheclr by the lever 38.

Stops 40 to position the check or other paper laterally are preferably provided, hemg carried by a rod 41, which rod is frictionally held to maintain the stops in the desired position by a spring 42. These stops project above the base 2, which is apertured at +3 for the purpose.

In Fig. 4, I have shown a type of machine in which 'the handle (5 and arm 15 are employed to depressthe printing drum only, having nothing to do with the setting device 21, disposed at the opposite end of the printing drum and independently operable. The same type of 'fe'ed device may be employed, and the printing drum of this machine is operated in substantially the same manner as that disclosed in my pendin applieati'on for patent; the cylinder being ournaled eecentrieally in hubs 8 rotatably mounted in the side walls of the casing.

In Fig. 5, however, I show a plan view of another type of machine which, in general mg the subject of my application for patent,

and in which the 3? is mounted in t 1e usual way in, the frame or casing l and carries type lines 4" dis posed .in helical curves and arran ed to engage-a similarly curved-platen so that checks fed-in the usual way across the same may havethe lines or items of printing diago- This form of machine shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 1.

Itwill be noticed that-I may extend the serrated line beyond the line of the type so as to extend across the payees name on a check and this line may be an inked single line, as shown in Figs. 7 and 8, or may be a double line, as shown in Fig. 1, or any'suitable character without departingfrom the essential features of the invention.

The type indicating the various items or amounts are-disposed with their first letters this ar.=-

circumferentially in line and by rangement I am able to inkportions of the cylinder with inks of different color; the

9a characteristics, is more nearly like that formi amounts or items thereof being in one color, I

while the linesextendin acrosstlie payees name are in another co or.

across the not inked.

In some instances the line extending payees name may be scarred-an I printing the amoiints for which the check or other'paper is drawn in diagonal lines, it is a, simple matter to rintor write -relatively high amounts in t e body of the check, and-each diagonal line representing an amount, or an item an amount, or other indiea issfiaeed equidistant from adjoininglines t e extent of feed of the check a'l t-er eaeh printing operation being; the

satire. This arrangement greatly simplifies the operation of feeding the ('heek'.

The snrtaee ol" the platen i3 is somatic it will be seen that: the several impressions are arranged in a vline.diagonal to the line of the cheek and the several. lines are spaced equidistant apart. .1 preferably so spar the type'on an ineline in respect. to the'eylinder-,

lines that one will nmlerlap another as shown in the drawings, eonsequently, a check can be written for a suitable amount in a coinpar'atively small spaee. The i. particular. form of rheekis set forth in an application filed by me on January 9, 1917. Serial No. 141,390.

It will also be noticed that the upright lines of the letters of the cheek are arranged vertitalll'y in respect to the body of the eheok and this is aeeomplishedby arranging the as clearly shown in Fig 1.- This ar angement makes the words legible. Furthermore, the arrangement of the dlagonal lines permits the nseof a larger and more legible type than-ean be used in a machine in which the amountis'writtenon a straight line. Y

I claim 11 The combination in a printing device, -'of a bed; a' platen havmga sol-rating tare and mounted in. the bed and at an angle to the longitudinal, line through the bed; a frame overhanging the bed a horizontally arranged cylinder mounted; on the frame k and having ty e and a serrat ng face means 1 for-tllrning tiecylinder so; that a. line; of

type and its serratin'g face will be brought into alinrnent with the platen; means for making. an impression;'and a. guide on the bed arranged so that an impression W'lll be i ,made by the .type'figanil platen on a line diagonal to the line of th feed.

2. The (30Hlb'|llitil()l]i" 0f a base; a guide onthe base for guiding a cheek, or other paper;

means tor teething; he pape across the base;

a serrated platen arranged at an angle in rea ed on thetrarne and raving a series of .lll'l pression t'ormseonsis ing of letters and i111- pression linesr the letters and ii'nprei-iislon lines being ar'anged so as to aline with the serrated platen; means for inkin the lettei's, the serrationsi of the several printing lines being at the same endot' the line; and.

means for makingean innin'ession so that when an impression is made on a check, the type impression Willbe on one line ai'id'tl'ie serrated impressioir,\iill be on another line.

Theeombination of a bas1;a guide on the base for a 'eheek, or like paper, feeding mechanism for feeding aeheek across the base and in Contact with the guide; a platen on the base arranged diagonally in respect to the guide; a printing device located to act in COIIJLIIIUllQll with the platen tomake an impression. said pril'iting'device having a series of type linesl thereon; and means for adjusting the printing. device to bring one character after another in. line i with the "platen.

a. .lhe combination in a devicef for printing anioi'ints onehecks and other papers'o'f: a base;-a guide on the' base; means for feeding a cheek aerosswthe base in contact with the guide' an overhanging frame; a print ing eylini er mounted in the frame; means for turning the eylinder giineans for causing .the, eylinder tomove to and from the platen said cylinderhaving a series of type; eh: aeters thereon of difierent" denominations, the vertical cliifi'aeters beinarranged at right angles to the. guide on t to base so that as one character after another is printed lil'ltt' individual impressions on the c l1eel rwill be vertical while thefhne wlll be inohned.

.JoHN WHIT KER 

